Traces of the restricted plural in the noun structure of the Rutul language

Ibragimova Mariza Oglanovna

The article formulates the general provisions resulting from the analysis of nouns with limited plural affixes in the dialects of the Rutul language in order to clarify the diachronic scenarios and the prospects for the development of the grammatical category of numbers in them. It is revealed that the absence in the speech of native speakers Rutul language nouns, as opposed to forms of limited and unlimited plural simultaneous phase and parallel operation of complicated and simplified system of declension of nouns, some plural verify the simplification process once complex numbers in the dialects of the studied language.

Keywords:Rutul language, plural, limited plural, Borch-Khnov dialect, Ihrek dialect, Muhrek dialect, Shinaz dialect.